Georgia § 33-42-3 - Applicability of chapter.
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§ 33-42-3. Applicability of chapter.
The requirements of this chapter shall apply to long-term care insurance policies issued, delivered, or issued for delivery in this state. This chapter is not intended to supersede the obligations of entities subject to this chapter to comply with the substance of other applicable provisions of this title insofar as they do not conflict with this chapter, except that laws and regulations designed and intended to apply to medicare supplement insurance policies shall not be applied to long-term care insurance. A policy which is not advertised, marketed, or offered as long-term care insurance need not meet the requirements of this chapter. (Code 1981, § 33-42-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1541, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 533, § 1-3/HB 99.) The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in the first sentence, inserted "long-term care insurance" in the middle, and deleted "on or after July 1, 1988" following "state" at the end. Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, Code Sections 33-42-1, 33-42-2, and 33-42-3 as enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1541 were redesignated as Code Sections 33-42-2, 33-42-3, and 33-42-1, respectively.
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